Since my sister was on a vacation last week, I didn't watch my nieces or nephew. I decided to take advantage of having "only" four kids and paint the kitchen cabinets. I had wanted to for a while, and this seemed like the best opportunity. It took more hours than I would care to count or remember, but I'm pretty pleased with the end result. We also bought knobs and drawer pulls. For less than $200 in paint and supplies, I feel like I got a new kitchen!
I had already taken down some of the cabinet doors when I remembered to take a "before" shot, so that's why it's only half the kitchen.
I washed all of the cabinets with TSP substitute before removing the doors. Once they were taken out to the garage, I sanded them down (thanks to my dad for lending his sander and big work lights).
Next I painted on a primer. It dried fast enough that I was able to do the front and back sides of the cabinet doors on the same day.
Then came many days of painting. I wanted to give each coat of paint plenty time to dry, so I only painted one side per day.
I also had to prime and paint the cabinet bases in the kitchen, so it looked like this for a week. Yuck! Finally, I finished it off with a clear coat to help seal and protect the paint.
This is my "after" photo. Jason still has to install the drawer pulls, but other than that it's finished.
It was a really big project. It took up every moment of free time I had for week (and required me to stay up working until 1:00am several days). So, I'm not sure I'll be tackling another painting project anytime soon. Although I'd really like to paint our master bathroom... :-)
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